A moving tribute to Richard Carlson

Until his untimely death at age 45 from a pulmonary embolism in December of 2006, Richard Carlson lived his life according to the motivational yet down-to-earth wisdom he penned in the best-selling Don't Sweat the Small Stuff. While dealing with her grief, Richard's wife, Kristine, read through 25 years' worth of their love letters. One in particular, a letter Richard gave her on their 18th...

The flame of change

Books to light your path to personal growth Is your life like a three-dollar bottle of champagne gone flat? Would you like to expand your sense of personal choice and freedom? Are you unhappy? Unmotivated? Unfulfilled? Do you have a hidden dream that you've hidden so well, you can't remember where you put it, let along find the chutzpah to chase after it? If you answered "yes" to one or more...

Behind the Book by Richard Carlson

ND THE BOOK Your chance to be a Ã”Don't Sweat' author! One day about six years ago I was driving across the San Francisco Bay Bridge with my then three-and-a-half-year-old daughter, Kenna. She was looking out the window when she asked me, in a curious yet serious tone, Daddy, why is everyone so angry? Coming from my own child, it was, at the same moment, one of the cutest and most powerful...